Field-Marshal Sir George Pollock, G.C.B., Constable of the - Tower, and
the resolute leader who forced the Khyber Pass in the Affglian war of 1842, and liberated Sir Robert Sale and his garrison, -died suddenly at Weimer last Sunday morning, aged 86. He was a General who knew what not to attempt as =well as what to attempt, and who had the courage to wait when impulse would have endangered the empire. He was sometimes called indeed the Fabius Cunotator of the Affghan war. Sir George was one of three =brothers who rose to distinction from a comparatively humble position in life,—their father, Mr. David Pollock, of Char- ing Cross, having been saddler to his Majesty some seventy years .ago. Sir George Pollock's eldest brother David became an Indian judge, and died early.; his second brother, Sir Frederick Pollock, -rose lobe Chief Baron of the Exchequer—the same judge who deli- vered judgment in devour of the Alexandra during the American -civil war. In the case of three such brothers, the law of inheri- tance must surely have had a large influence in their moral outfit —their common inheritance being apparently solidity of judg- anent and great tenacity of -purpose, climbing and .staying power. It is a strong casefor Mr. Galion.
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